Kirovske (air base)
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
Operator | Russian Naval Aviation | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 175 ft / 53 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°09′55″N 035°10′55″E / 45.16528°N 35.18194°ECoordinates: 45°09′55″N 035°10′55″E / 45.16528°N 35.18194°E | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Kirovske Location in Crimea | |||||||||||
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Kirovske (in US intelligence, Kirovskoye)[1] is a Russian Naval Aviation base located in Kirovske Raion, near the town of Kirovske, Crimea.
Kirovske was the primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) test and development center for Soviet Naval Aviation, and it worked closely with the flight test center at Akhtubinsk.[2]
An interceptor regiment, the 136 IAP (136th Fighter Aviation Regiment) at Kirovske operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.[3] These were last seen at Kirovske in August 1979 before the runway was closed for expansion in the early 1980s.[3] Other aircraft such as the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Fresco) and Sukhoi Su-7 (Fitter) were known to be present at Kirovske in the 1970s.[4]
References[]
- ^ MISSION 1034 22 JUNE - 1 JULY 1966 PART II, July 1, 1966, CREST: CIA-RDP99T01396R000300060001-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ NEW BEAR VARIANT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR, June 25, 1982, CREST: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101760001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ a b PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ OAK SUPPLEMENT PART 20 KH-9 MISSION 1207 11 NOVEMBER 1973 - 20 FEBRUARY 1974, May 1, 1974, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04752A001600010010-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
Categories:
- Soviet Air Defence Force bases
- Soviet Naval Aviation bases
- Russian and Soviet Navy bases